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and
along
C(2)
characteristics
s(a)
,
csn
where
r,
s
are
arbitrary
functions
of
their
respective
arguments
Band
a.
The two
families
of
characteristics
are
themselves
given
by
integration
of
the
equations
for
i •
1,
2.
(32)
The
functions
r(S)
and
s(a)
are
called
Riemann
invariants
and,
by
virtue
of
their
manner
of
derivation,
rand
s
are
constant
along
their
respective
families
of
characteristics.
To be more
precise,
r(s)
is
constant
along
any
C(l)
characteristic,
though as
it
is
a
function
of
S,
which
in
turn
identifies
the
characteristics,
it
will,
in
general,
be
different
for
different
characteristics.
Correspondingly,
s(a)
is
constant
along
any
c(2)
characteristic,
though
here
again
the
constant
will
be
different
for
different
characteristics
depending on
the
value
of
a
associated
with
each
characteristic.
Equations
(30) and (31)
enable
u
l
and u
2
to
be
expressed
in
terms
of
rand
s,
the
values
of
which
are
determined
at
points
of
the
initial
line
t • 0 by
the
initial
data
(21).
Suppose
r(B)
in
(30)
is
denoted
by
R(u
l,
u
2)
and
s(a)
in
(31)
is
denoted
by
S(u
l,
u
2).
Then
along
the
C(i)
characteristic
issuing
out
from
the
point
(x
O
'
0)
of
the
initial
line
in
the
sense
of
increasing
time
we have from (21) and
the
property
of
r(S)
that
(33)
Similarly,
along
the
C(2)
characteristic
issuing
out
from
the
point
(Xl'
0)
of
the
initial
line
in
the
sense
of
increasing
time we have from (21) and
the
property
of
s(a)
that
(34)